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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Braconid and Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonoidea) » Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonidae) » Short-tailed Ichneumonid Wasps (Ophioninae) » Ophion
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strange-looking hymenopteran? - Ophion
Copyright © 2015 Martha O'Kennon

strange-looking hymenopteran? - Ophion
Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan, USA
April 17, 2015
I was walking around taking pictures in the near dark (8:21 Eastern). A few minutes before there had been a brown lacewing on this spot. But later, looking at the picture, I realized this was no lacewing. The venation is pretty clear at least on the forewing. Can someone tell me what this really is?

Thanks in advance.
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Contributed by Martha O'Kennon on 20 April, 2015 - 4:19pm
Last updated 25 January, 2019 - 7:17pm

Moved
Moved from Ophioninae.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 25 January, 2019 - 7:17pm login or register to post comments

Ophion sp.
Straightened r-rs vein and presence of ramellus (not very long in this specimen, it can be of variable length) point to Ophion sp.
… Rachel Behm, 25 January, 2019 - 7:09pm login or register to post comments

 
Ophion!
Thank you Rachel.
… Martha O'Kennon, 26 January, 2019 - 6:36am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ichneumon Wasps.
… Bob Zuparko, 12 March, 2018 - 11:44am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks so much! What a weird
Thanks so much! What a weird creature it still seems to me, even though by now I've seen quite a few weirder!

Thanks again!
… Martha O'Kennon, 12 March, 2018 - 1:32pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Ophion?
… Ken Wolgemuth, 20 April, 2015 - 5:56pm login or register to post comments

 
Well, it is definitely...
.. the subfamily Ophioninae, but I can't tell the exact genus.
… Bob Zuparko, 12 March, 2018 - 11:44am login or register to post comments

 
ichneumon
Thanks for looking at this so fast! I seem to be attracting lots of these parasites lately. Thanks again, Martha
… Martha O'Kennon, 20 April, 2015 - 6:32pm login or register to post comments

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